The Neurodivergent Sun Mermaid from my Upcoming Siren Song Tarot Deck

Mer Friends,

I draw, trusting in my Gods to guide me bibliomantically, through chance and synchronicity and I follow up with poetic musings guided by this new Tarot of Mermaids I am working on. I am becoming more honest, more transparent, more vulnerable and stronger the deeper I dive into this project.

To read a snippet of my Sun poem and my response to a Sun Card question posed by Mary K. Greer in her book “Tarot For Yourself” please scroll down - it's not for everyone, only those who are diving deeply alongside me in solidarity with all the Mer-Freedoms we are discovering along the way.

Feel the Threads of Magic Mermaid by Kathy Crabbe, 9x12 in., gouache, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 2024.

The Mermaid’s Secret (A Snippet)

I followed the rules for too long,
but now I am older,
disbelieving these systems.

To have survived
is something.

To have created
is something.

This wrinkled Mermaid Body is illuminated,
though tempered by your disbelief
in hidden disability…

Sun Card Question: What do you now understand?

By embracing my Neurodivergence I accept my differences.

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.

The Neurodivergent Moon Tarot Card

Sea Friend,

As I sit at my desk/altar penning this I have a lot of questions about fear, death, masking and Neurodivergence which I will attempt to address in the coming weeks with a poem dedicated to this week's Siren Song Tarot Card: The Moon.

With the help of the Hagstone and Hecate necklaces I just received from the Edinburgh Museum of Magick, Fortune-telling & Witchcraft I will attempt to go deep within this Piscean Mystery Moon card's meaning to pull out Mermaid Secrets from the ocean's depths...to listen carefully and to find a way to connect to my true self, beneath the mask and then share it with you, of course.

I am currently working on a 17 week project for a creativity class with my spiritual witch mentor Francesca De Grandis. I will use this time to finish the last six paintings from the Major Arcana of my Siren Song Tarot and then really dig deep to explore these cards that represent all of human experience. I will also include poetry, travel notes, sketches, musings and tarot wisdom during my travels to Canada in late July through October. I plan to have a finished galley for a book by the end of the 17 weeks that will be self published or I will find a publisher for it.

"Move into that Still Place Inside Yourself" by Kathy Crabbe. Tarot Card: Moon, 8.5 x 12 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

"Move into that Still Place Inside Yourself" (detail) by Kathy Crabbe. Tarot Card: Moon, 8.5 x 12 in., gouache, watercolor, ink, collage on paper, 2024.

This week's newest watercolor features the Moon card from my upcoming Siren Song Tarot, a 22-card circular Major Arcana deck.

Upcoming Art Events

Idyllwild Art in the Park
June 8 - 9
10 - 5 pm
54915 Ridgeview Dr (ICC Kid's Playground)
Idyllwild, California
idyllwildartinthepark.com
*I'll have a booth with my Wood Cat Art & decks

Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
Color Exhibit
May 12 - July 5
36701 Highway 79 South
Temecula, California
(951) 302-3837
dorlandartscolony.com

Neuk Perspectives
July 4 - July 28
WASPS Patriothall Gallery, Stockbridge, off Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
@waspsstudios
Private view: Wednesday, 3rd July, 2024, 6-8 PM
For more information, including access information, visit: neukcollective.co.uk/exhibition

New Moon Blessings!
Kat Crab
Soul Reader + Artist
*New Moon in Gemini, June 6, 5:38 am PDT*

Idyllwild Art in the Park Booth by Kathy Crabb

About Kathy Crabbe

I channel healing magick through my soul readings and divination decks.

Dividing my time between California and Canada I travel by caravan to mer-faerie cottages built by my beloved, Mark and myself.

My work has appeared in Sage Woman Magazine, We'Moon Datebook, Creative Cronies Moon Diary, and the Women's Museum of California. I review divination decks for Witches & Pagans Magazine and have taught at Wise Woman School.